[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu in Retail

[Sriranga(78yrsold)]

DebBundle is another OS(linux)? Since I am newbie I don't know about this.
kindly clarify this point.
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:04 PM, James Sebastian
<james.sebastian at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Narendra Sisodiya
>> <narendra at narendrasisodiya.com> wrote:
>> >
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>> > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Prakash Advani <prakash at ubuntu.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello everyone,
>> >>
>> >> As a follow up to our Ubuntu in Retail, I have been asked by a store in
>> >> Nehru Place, Delhi if we can showcase Ubuntu.
>> >>
>> >> Here is my thoughts, let me know what you guys think.
>> >>
>> >> Have 1-2 community members at the store to demo Ubuntu.
>> >> Have them wear Ubuntu T-Shirts so people perceive it to be
>> professional.
>> >> Offer basic installation for free and charge for additional services.
>> This
>> >> should compare with other services in Nehru Place, where I believe you
>> can
>> >> go to a store and they will fill your hard drive with all windows
>> software
>> >> :)
>> >> If the customer wants training then this can be offered at their home
>> at a
>> >> fee.
>> >>
>> >> I am thinking we should offer similar services to what people are used
>> to
>> >> in the Windows world, I know this may not sound very comforting for
>> some of
>> >> us, but thats what people are used to ;-)
>>
>> >
>> > Ubuntu cannot get success (in India) without the project like DebBundle
>>
>> Ubuntu seems to be one of the most popular linux distros in India.
>> It's funny how Ubuntu didn't need DebBundle to gain that popularity.
>>
>> I do not know much about DebBundle. I just checked what it tries to
> achieve. I agree with Narendra
> Ubuntu is the most popular linux distro in India.
> But this is not the level of popularity we should be satisfied with !
> It should be talking like 10-20% of market share of OS, availability at
> every nook and corner of the country  and ability to get installed and
> supported  by an average hardware vendor in India.
>
> Now dependency on internet and difficulty in learning curve to use
> solutions like apt-on-cd makes it difficult.
>
> Regards,
> James
>
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